STATE OF CONNECTICUT
NANCY WYMAN COMPTROLLER	OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER 55 ELM STREET HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106-1775	MARK OJAKIAN DEPUTY COMPTROLLER

INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEMORANDUM

April 7, 2000

I. AUTHORITY

The recently approved Agreement between the State of Connecticut and the Local 61, American Federation of School Administrators, bargaining unit provides for the following:

A. General Wage Increases (Article 35.1)

General wage increases will be paid in accordance with the salary schedules of Appendix B of the contract on the following effective dates: December 31, 1999; November 3, 2000; June 29, 2001; and November 1, 2002.

B. Annual Increments (Article 29)

Eligible employees will receive annual increments on the applicable salary schedule during the term of the agreement.

C. Longevity (Article 29.4)

Employees will continue to be eligible for longevity payments for the life of the contract. The longevity schedule remains unchanged.

D. Stipends (Article 29.3)

An annual stipend is to be paid to directors of schools with a full-time secondary day enrollment of 600 as of October 1 of the school year effective as follows:

 

E. Travel Reimbursements (Article 29.5)

Administrators will be eligible for mile and meal reimbursement at the same rates as are established for managerial employees by the Department of Administrative Services/Office of Policy and Management.

F. Professional Development (Article 31.7)

Section Two of Article 31 provides for tuition reimbursement up to nine credits per school year (July to June) at a reimbursement rate tied to the University of Connecticut rate. Approved, short-term, non-credit courses may be reimbursed up to $550.

 

Section Four of Article 31 provides that the Department will allocate $10,000 each contract year to be used by the Directors or their designated Assistant Directors to attend national conventions.

 

The fund for the purpose of making payments pursuant to sections Two and Four of Article 31 will consist of the amount remaining in the unexpended carryover from the 1993-1999 collective bargaining agreement. During the life of the contract, $10,000 a year will be added to the fund. There will be unlimited carryover of unused funds from one contract year to the succeeding contract years.

II. RETROACTIVE PAYMENT SCHEDULE

For the pay period April 7, 2000 through April 20, 2000 (check date May 5, 2000) agency payroll staff must calculate and process the following payments manually.

 

A. Retroactive Salary Increases

 

 

B. Retroactive Annual Increments

 

III. PAYMENT SCHEDULE

A. General Wage Increases

 

 

B. Annual Increments

 

 

C. Stipends

 

Effective Date	Pay Period	Check Date
June 1, 2000	05/19/00 - 06/01/00	06/16/00
June 14, 2001	06/01/01 - 06/14/01	06/29/01
June 13, 2002	05/31/02 - 06/13/02	06/28/02
June 12, 2003-	05/30/03 - 06/12/03	06/27/03

IV. PAYROLL PROCEDURES

A. Retroactive Salary Payments

 

Agency payroll staff must manually calculate the retroactive General Wage Increase and Annual Increment owed to each employee. The combined payment is to be coded in one transaction as follows:

 

Remote Job Entry: ZT Transaction; R1; Amount; D/OE Code 10.

 

Payments will be separately identified and subject to mandatory deductions only, i.e., federal withholding tax and state income tax annualized, social security tax, retirement contributions, and garnishments (if applicable).

 

B. Implementation of General Wage Increases and Annual Increments

 

Agency payroll staff must change the hourly rate, salary and salary step fields on the appropriate pay period.

 

General Wage Increase:

 

Remote Job Entry: RA/NA Transaction; Change Hourly Rate and Salary.

 

Annual Increments:

 

Remote Job Entry: RA/NA Transaction; Change Hourly Rate, Salary and Salary Step.

 

C. Stipends

 

Remote Job Entry: ZT Transaction; R1; Amount; D/OE Code 18.

 

D. Tuition Reimbursement

 

Applications for tuition reimbursement should be forwarded to the Comptroller's Business Office. Payments will be made once funding is available.

V. GENERAL

Please share this information with affected satellite divisions of your Department to ensure all payments are implemented in a timely manner.

 

You may direct requests for assistance as follows:

 

NANCY WYMAN
STATE COMPTROLLER

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